The Royal Family

The Royal Family is a play written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Its premiere on Broadway was at the Selwyn Theatre on 28 December 1927, where it ran for 345 performances to close in October 1928. It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1927–1928. Characters Fanny Cavendish – Cavendish family matriarch Julie Cavendish – Fanny's daughter Tony Cavendish – Fanny's son Gwen Cavendish – Fanny's granddaughter Herbert Dean – Fanny's brother Kitty Dean – Fanny's sister-in-law Oscar Wolfe – Cavendish family's long-time agent Gilbert Marshall – Julie's love interest Perry Stewart – Gwen's fiancee Productions In Britain, Noël Coward directed the West End version of the play in 1934, with a cast that included Marie Tempest as Fanny Cavendish, Madge Titheradge as Julie Cavendish and Laurence Olivier as Tony Cavendish. The play was retitled "Theatre Royal".